Dispensing and display device



H. I. MEYER. DISPENSING AND DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAYIZ,1921,

Patented Jan. $1922. I

'ing the inclined braces in UNITED STATES HAROLD J. MEYER, OF

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DISPENSING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed May-12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD J. MEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing andDisplay Devices, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of easels, whichde-tachably hold and display a number of articles which are removed fromthe easel as they are sold, or for other purposes, and the objects of myimprovements are first: To so construct an easel of this class, that thedisplay board of the easel shall detachably hold a number ofpaper bags,containing goods and which board shall not be marred or injured in anyway by securing said bags thereon or by removing them therefrom; therebyproviding an easel which can be used continually, by replenishin saidbags of goods, and securing them on. t e display board after the firstones are sold and removed therefrom, second; to so construct andproportion the display board that said secured thereon and removedtherefrom and on which board there is ample room for the a plicationthereon of appropriate matter which is descriptive of the contents ofthe bags, etc, third, to provide foldable supporting means, by whichsaid display. board is substantially supported in an inclined positionwhen in use and can be folded, to occupy the minimum amount of space,for storage and shipment.

I attain these objects by the devices illus- -trated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

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Figure 1 is a front view of the easel and of a number of bags detachablysecured thereon. ,ig. 2 is a side view of the easel. Fig. 3 is a rearview of the supporting means, in detail, folded flat against the displayboard. Fi 4 is a top viewrof the parts seen in Fig. 2, fiioking downwardtoward the left, showposition for use. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side viewof a portion of the easel, showing the bag holding means in detail.

The easel comprises the display board 1, through which. the incisions 2are made. Said board is preferablyv formed of substan-, tial cardboarThe upper end portions of the bags 3, are folded flat and are insertedSpecification of Letters Patent.

ba s can easil and uickl g y q y the displa board 1,

Patented Jan. 3, 1922. 1921. Serial N... 468,958.

through said incisions, as seen in Fig. 5. The reenforcing piece 4, thelegs 5 and the braces 6, which are provided with the notches 7 formed intheir respective edges are formed preferably of one piece of cardboard,as seen in Fig. 3.

-The incisions 8 are formed through said legs, for the reception of thenotched ends of said braces.

Said reenforcing piece is glued or otherwise secured on the back of thedisplay board 1. The braces and the legs are bent on their respectivedotted lines 9 and 10, are moved from the position seen in Fig. 3 to theposition seen in Fig. 4, and the ends of said braces are passed throughthe incisions 8, until the notches 7 are moved into engagement withvsaid legs, at the lower ends of said incisions by the elastic movementof said braces. it will be seen that the lower ends of said incisionsare on the level with the upper endsof said notches, v(in Fig. 3,) andthat the end portions of said braces are forced upward, before insertingthem into said incisions, thereby causing their above describedmovement.

which bound the longitudinal e ges of the incisions 2, are forced intothe position shown, when the upper end ortion of the ba 3 is passedtherethrough. against said portion of said bag, thereby clamping thelatter between them for detachably holding said bag in place.

It will also be seen in igs. 2 and 4, and understood, that the braces 6detachably hold the legs 5 against lateral movement.

In removin the bag 3, from the display board 1, said ag is lifted fromthe position shown and its upper end portion is thereby drawn from theincision 2. The ends of the braces 6 are lifted and their notchesdisengaged from the le ,5, after which said legs and braces are f0 dedagainst the display board 1, when they are not in use.

Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A display board provided witha plurality of horizontally disposedincisions formed therethrough, the portions of said display board whichform the longitudinal boundaries of said incisions forming clampin meanswhereby the u per end portions of foiled paper bags may he clamped forde- It will be'seen in Fig. 5, that the edges of.

aid edges of said board elastically press tachably holding said bags inplace, on said display board.

2. A dispensing easel comprising; a display board for detachably holdinga plurality of paper bags thereon; a reenforcing piece secured on theback of said display board; a pair of legs formed integrally with saidreenforcing piece for supporting said display board in an inclinedposition, each 10 one of saidlegs being provided with an 1n cisionformed therethrough; and a brace for each one of said legs said bracesbeing cut from the same blank forming the reenforcing piece and legs andprovided with notches formed therein for engagement legs respectively atthe lower ends of said incisions, for detachably holding said legsagainst lateral movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HAROLD J. MEYER.

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